TAB1300 Prosthodontics 1 – Basic Dental Technology and Design Course description

The course deals with and expands on different treatment options and production techniques in fixed prosthetics, focusing on crowns, bridges, implants, facets and inlays/onlays. Students work with conventional and digital techniques to produce clinically acceptable, aesthetic and functional restorations. The course comprises digital production techniques when using both additive and subtractive production methods.

Throughout the course, the students will develop knowledge and skills in glazing, cutback and layering technique. The all-ceramic restorations will be produced in glass and polycrystalline ceramics. Self-assessment of finished works in accordance with professional assessment criteria is emphasised. The aim is to develop the student’s professional understanding and communicate the importance of quality assuring dental technology production.

Breakdown of credits: Theory 10 credits and skills training 10 credits.

Opptakskrav er, i henhold til forskrift om opptak til høyere utdanning, generell studiekompetanse eller realkompetanse. Videre kreves:

• Førerkort klasse B
• Bestått fysisk opptaksprøve, inkludert egenerklæring om svømmedyktighet[1]

Søkere som takker ja til tilbud om studieplass må i tillegg fremlegge politiattest, jfr. Forskrift om opptak til høyere utdanning, kapittel 6. 

I studiet inngår ervervelse av kompetansebevis for utrykningskjøretøy. Søkere er i den forbindelse selv ansvarlig for å avklare at de oppfyller helsekrav for førerett i førerkortgruppe 3.

Bruk av ansiktsdekkende bekledning er ikke forenlig med gjennomføring av bachelorstudiet i prehospitalt arbeid - paramedic.

[1] Se egen beskrivelse

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can describe the importance of a correct model analysis for planning a removable prosthesis
• can describe how a removable prostheses should be designed in relation to psychological, functional, aesthetic and phonetic requirements
• can explain the concepts of model production, modelling, full-ceramic press technique, polymerisation and finishing
• is familiar with the active and passive retention elements of cast partial prostheses
• can describe the design of crowns as an aid to maintaining or recreating the patient's dental physiology and occlusion
• has knowledge of basic preparation design, materials and techniques for planning and the producing single crowns
• is familiar with the areas of use for single implants and the choice of the implant’s pertaining components for the purpose of arriving at a functional design
• can explain how shape, colour and texture are used as a means of maintaining the necessary function and aesthetics when making tooth replacements
• is familiar with methods for manipulating colour contrasts and three-dimensional shapes
• is familiar with principles of facial analysis and procedures for colour selection

Skills

The student can

• make functional plaster models for fixed and removable prosthetics of an acceptable quality
• make a plaster model with a replica for implant work models
• demonstrate the correct treatment of wax, plaster, methyl methacrylate and ceramics
• arrange teeth on complete prostheses in relation to their antagonists with stable occlusion
• polymerise, smooth and polish complete dentures in accordance with set criteria
• design and produce single all-ceramic fully anatomical crowns with acceptable morphology
• use a parallelometer for model analysis and surveying under supervision in connection with the structuring of partial prostheses
• apply knowledge from colour and shape studies to create harmony in a reduced dentition
• carry out colour selection and facial analyses of patients under supervision
• carry out basic digital design (CAD) of single crowns
• correctly use and maintain equipment and machines

General competence

The student

• can reflect on the quality of his or her own work
• can explain the connection between health, education, work and living conditions, and the psychosocial significance of teeth for both individual people and groups in society in relation to positive public health and work inclusion
• has insight into the connection between colour, design and visual perception

The work and teaching methods include lectures, demonstration lectures, self-study, seminars and skills training. Digital learning resources are used in the course in the form of video lectures and practical exercises. In seminars, the students work individually or in groups. Skills training in the school’s laboratories provides the students with an opportunity to acquire necessary and basic skills required for producing single crowns and complete dentures. Training is given in the correct use and maintenance of the programme's machines and equipment

The work and teaching methods include the flipped classroom methods with seminars and extensive use of digital resources in theoretical knowledge development. Other methods include demonstration lectures, self-study, written assignments and skills training under supervision in the school’s production laboratories. Skills training plays a major role in the course and takes place in parallel with the specialisation in fixed or removable prosthetics. Through a compulsory portfolio presentation and peer reviews of fellow students’ presentations, the students can learn from each other and improve their work before it is time to submit the exam.

Throughout the course, the students must prepare a production and portfolio (coursework requirement), which, through text and photos, documents the student’s own productions and quality assessment of all types of works and production techniques covered in the course. The student will be given individual supervision in relation to their development and receive feedback on submitted assignments. The coursework requirement aims to contribute to knowledge development and function as professional support during the practical training in third year.

Portfolio assessment: Individual portfolio comprising eight practical assignments in accordance with set criteria (corresponding 12 laboratory days).

Weighting: Two (2) of the assignments will be selected for assessment. One overall grade is awarded based on the portfolio. Both assignments count equally with respect to grading, but if an F is awarded for one of the assignments, the overall grade will also be an F.

Resits/rescheduled exam: The student has a right to rework submitted assignments that have been awarded an F (fail) once.

All aids are permitted.

Grade scale A–F

Studiets innhold er organisert i 13 obligatoriske emner, som til sammen utgjør 180 studiepoeng. Hvert studieår omfatter 60 studiepoeng. Emnene bygger på hverandre og gir faglig progresjon med stigende krav til kompetanse og forståelse av profesjonen. Alle emner har en avsluttende vurdering.

Studiet omfatter både praktisk og teoretisk undervisning internt ved universitetet og eksternt i praksis. En del av undervisningen er felles med andre studier ved Fakultet for helsefag.

I første studieår er menneskets anatomi og fysiologi samt kunnskap i farmakologi, legemiddelhåndtering og legemiddelregning sentralt. Grunnleggende psykiatrisk og somatisk sykdomslære ligger også i dette studieåret.  Samtidig skal studentene tilegne seg grunnleggende kunnskap om samfunnet inkludert kulturell forståelse og kommunikasjon som en paramedic må kjenne til i sin virksomhet. Sentralt er også medisinsk - etiske problemstillinger knyttet til yrkesutøvelse i kontakt med pasienter og pårørende ved akutt og kronisk sykdom. Introduksjon til lovverket som regulerer yrkesutøvelsen presenteres her.

I andre studieår behandles det ambulanseoperative fagområdet og første del av de akuttmedisinske tilstandene og behandling av disse. Traumatologien (læren om ulykker og håndtering av disse) er sentralt i tillegg til at studentene skal ut i sin første kliniske praksisperiode.

I tredje studieår kommer andre del av de akuttmedisinske tilstandene, undersøkelser og behandling. Konflikthåndtering og særskilte etiske utfordringer som ligger til yrket står også sentralt. Praksis i paramedic integrerer ambulanseoperativ og medisinsk kunnskap. I dette studieåret arbeider studenten med bacheloroppgaven.

Studieåret er på 40 uker, og det forventes en arbeidsinnsats på 40 timer per uke. Dette inkluderer både timeplanlagt aktivitet, studentenes egenaktivitet og eksamen.

Progresjonskrav

Følgende progresjonskrav gjelder i studiet:

• For å begynne i 2. studieår må alle emnene i 1. studieår være bestått. Unntak: Emnet PARA1500 Legemiddelregning skal være bestått innen PARAPRA1 påbegynnes
• For å begynne i 3. studieår må alle emnene i 2. studieår være bestått

20 credits overlap with the course TANN1300 Prosthetics 1